All's Well

About the book

From the acclaimed author of Bunny, praised by Margaret Atwood as “genius,” comes a thrilling novel centered around a theater professor who believes that staging Shakespeare’s most criticized play will be the solution to her struggles - but what sacrifices will she have to make?

Miranda Fitch’s existence is a never-ending nightmare. After a tragic accident ended her promising acting career, she is left with unbearable chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a growing reliance on pain medications. To make matters worse, she is on the brink of losing her position as a college theater director. Determined to produce All’s Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare, the play that both promised and took away everything from her, she is faced with a rebellious cast set on performing Macbeth instead. Miranda watches her chance for redemption slip away.

It is then that she encounters three mysterious supporters who possess a strange knowledge of Miranda’s past and an enticing offer for her future: a future where the show goes on, her defiant students face consequences, and the invisible pain that has kept her in the shadows is acknowledged.

With writing that Margaret Atwood has hailed as “bold and unapologetic…genius,” Mona Awad has created her most provocative and daring novel yet. All’s Well is a “remarkable work” (Mary Karr) about a woman on the brink of collapse and a sharp, humorously piercing critique of society’s refusal to recognize and validate female suffering.